Thanks to Bill, Larry and Aaron for bringing in show in tell! Cannot wait to see the airplanes fly!!

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The power plant is mounted! I am using a DX7 and it does not allow for throttle curves. Based on experiences from my DLE-30 I know the throttle geometry needs a little tweaking. I need to manually build in a throttle curve because if setup in a linear fashion you use up all the throttle in pretty much the first half of the throttle stick. I found a diagram on RCgroups.com and will give it a shot with this plane.

 

 

Even though the weather has been extremely nice for the last 2 weeks I have not had a chance to fly a plane. I finally flew my Superfly in the back yard. It sure felt great to get in the air again. I do not think I lost a whole lot during the off season.
 

Not sure the specs on this plane but enjoy! Bob or Jim, you should leave a comment on the power system and plane specs.

 

Installed the rudder today using the pull-pull wire system. Since plenty of wire was provided with the plane I installed the servo end first. Before I started I watched a few videos to see how they recommend installing the wire system. I started by taping the rudder straight the vertical stab. During crimping of the last wire I crimped a little hard and cut the wire. Whoops! I ran to Cobblestone Hobbies and picked up some more wire. The second time around I did not crimp quite as hard. I was told to crimp in an ‘X’ to extra crimping power. I finished it off by applying a little CA to the crimps. The wire is tight but not guitar string tight. I will have to show one of the guys at the field to see if it should be tighter. I think the next step is installing the engine and throttle servo!